Chap. 390.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 89 of the Code of Virginia. as
amended, relating to compensation of members of electoral boards. [S 173]

Approved March 31, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section eighty-nine of the Code of Virginia, as amended,
be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 89. Each member of the electoral board shall receive from
the county, city or town, respectively, for each day of actual services
the sum of six dollars, and the same mileage as is now paid to jurors:
provided that no member of such board shall receive from the county,
city or town, respectively, more than twenty-five dollars in any one
vear, exclusive of mileage, and provided further that in any county
adjoining any county having a density of population of one thousand
or more a square mile, and in any county adjoining a city lying wholly
in the State and having a population of more than one hundred ninety
thousand each member of the board shall receive for each day of actual
services the sum of seven dollars, and may receive as much as, but
not in excess of, fifty dollars in any one year, exclusive of mileage;
and provided further that in the event one or more special elections
be held in any county, city or town in any year, the members of the
electoral board shall be paid additional amount's at the same per diem,
and mileage; but the secretary of the board shall in addition to the per
diem herein provided for be allowed his expenses not to exceed twenty-
five dollars in any one year, and the council of any city containing more
than fifty thousand inhabitants may provide additional compensation for
members of the electoral board, which shall not be less than one hundred
dollars for the secretary and twenty-five dollars for each other member
of the board. The counties, cities and towns shall furnish the necessary
postage and stationery, including a bound book for the minutes of its
proceedings, for the use of the board. Each member of the electoral
board, before he is entitled to receive any amount under this section,
shall make out a statement under oath, of his claim, and the secretary
shall, in addition, make out under his oath, a statement of postage and
stationery used by the board, and the statements when so made out
and found correct shall be paid by the governing body of the county,
city or town for which the board was appointed and for which the
service was rendered or expense incurred.